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Friday, May 7, 2021
Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) announced that it has spud the second well (6-1), of an initial three well program in the Kavango Basin in the Kalahari Desert of northeastern Namibia. With the first string of casing set and cemented in the 6-1 well, the Company owned and operated 1000 HP rig (Jarvie-1) is drilling ahead to a target depth of 3,800 meters (12,500 feet).
The 6-1 well is designed to evaluate the petroleum systems discovered in the first well (6-2) in an area of maximum thickness. These first two wells are within one of five major sub-basins of the larger, more laterally extensive, Permian aged deep Kavango basin.
The Company will take whole core, side-wall core and conduct a full logging suite of all zones of interest (conventional targets and source rocks). As with the 6-2, a comprehensive state of the art logging program over both sections will be provided by Schlumberger. In addition, a Vertical Seismic Profile (VSP) will be run to enable the most accurate tie-in possible, of well data, to the 2D seismic program scheduled to commence in June 2021.
In keeping with the Company’s policy of implementing environmental best practices, ReconAfrica is using the most advanced drilling fluid available to protect the environment – a water-based system. This Polyamine system, provided by Valence Drilling Fluids, uses freshwater as the base fluid. The plant-based products added to the base fluid are created through an organic process and are biodegradable. Not only is this water-based drilling fluid 100 percent safe to the environment, it provides ideal samples (cuttings and core) to be utilized to determine a range of petroleum properties and locations for future exploration and production wells.
ReconAfrica holds a 90% interest in a petroleum exploration license in northeast Namibia. The exploration license – PEL 73 – covers the entire Kavango sedimentary basin, an area of approx. 25,341.33 sq km (6.3 million acres), and based on commercial success, it entitles ReconAfrica to obtain a 25-year production license. The Kavango Basin offers both large scale conventional and non-conventional play types.
Also, ReconAfrica holds a 100% interest in a petroleum license – PEL 001/2020 – in northwest Botswana which comprises an area of approx. 9,921 sq km (2.45 million acres) and is contiguous to the Namibian license. The two licenses together comprise 35,262.33 sq km (8.75 million acres).
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